Phoenix Air Unmanned logs 13,000 miles of BVLOS utility line inspections by drone By Jim Magill After about three years of operations, Cartersville, Georgia-based Phoenix Air Unmanned announced it has logged more than 13,000 miles of beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights, inspecting utility transmission lines for Xcel Energy. …
Read More »DroneUp Training Center – DRONELIFE
Courtesy of DroneUp The new DroneUp training, testing and research center is supporting rapid growth for the company and a career path for drone pilots. A DRONELIFE Exclusive interview, from the floor of Commercial UAV Expo. by Paul Rossi, DRONELIFE Contributor and Chief Operations Officer and Chief Pilot at Nine …
Read More »Matternet’s Type Certification – DRONELIFE
Matternet M2 Drone Delivery System First to Achieve FAA Type Certification The drone industry learned of Matternet’s type certification in a surprise announcement by David Boulter, FAA Associate Administrator (Acting) Aviation Safety, during the Commercial UAV Expo Keynotes earlier this week. The type certification is the first of it’s kind …
Read More »Drone News of the Week Sept 9
Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the DRONELIFE drone news of the week, September 9. Click on the titles below for the full story. Continue reading below, or listen: Zipline and E-Commerce Platform Jumia Begin Retail Drone Delivery in Africa Africa led the …
Read More »Flyability Funding 22 Million Elios 3
Flyability funding got a major boost this week as the company celebrated a 15 million Swiss Franc (CHF) Series C funding round, augmenting their previous CHF 7 million. (CHF 22 million is currently about $22, 645,000 USD.) The companies unique Elios 3 collision safe platform for indoor inspection was …
Read More »Pitch the Press Commercial UAV Expo 2022
Air6, Consortiq, Wonder Robotics win “Pitch the Press” at Commercial UAV Expo 2022 It’s always a favorite event: Pitch the Press at Commercial UAV Expo, where new companies get only 2 minutes to impress a panel of journalists, who choose the most innovative and interesting products. This year I was …
Read More »The ROI of Commercial Drone Programs Skydio
Real World ROI: Unlocking the Future of Successful Drone Adoption At this morning’s Commercial UAV Expo Keynotes, Commercial UAV Expo Editor Jeremiah Karpowitz and Skydio Co-Founder and CEO Adam Bry discussed how the concept of automation and reliability inform the ROI of commercial drones. Continue reading below, or listen: Skydio’s …
Read More »Matternet FAA Type Certification – DRONELIFE
Matternet M2 Drone Delivery System First to Achieve FAA Type Certification Matternet M2 Becomes First Non-Military Drone in US to Achieve FAA Type Certification by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby Today, leading commercial drone delivery system developer Matternet announced that its Matternet M2 drone has been granted Type Certification …
Read More »Draganfly New Drones and Long Range LiDAR
At Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas, commercial drone company Draganfly unveiled three new products: a Long Range LiDAR system which can be used as a mobile LiDAR system on drones, manned aircraft, or mounted to another vehicle or backpack; a North American-made Heavy Lift Drone, and the smaller “Swiss …
Read More »What Does the FAA Plan for Drone Regulations?
Commercial UAV Expo is hosting a record-breaking crowd in Las Vegas this year. At the first keynotes of the show this morning, a lineup of important industry figures gave attendees the insights they’ve been waiting for – including the FAA plan for drone regulation in the coming year. Continue reading …
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